Dec 13, 2011 | By Robert Wood | Read Time: < 1 minute | #Noncompete Agreements

No Industry-Wide Texas Non-Compete Agreements

Texas cases dealing with the enforceability of noncompete agreements have long held that “industry-wide” restrictions are overly broad. In a recent case from the Waco Court of Appeals, the court applied that rule to a concrete situation. The covenant not to compete applied to the “pet supply manufacturing and distribution industry.” The employee contended that this restriction was so...

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Dec 13, 2011 | By Robert Wood | Read Time: 2 minutes | #Noncompete Agreements

Texas’ Pro-Enforcement Trend Continues

 The Marsh USA case was perhaps the most important non-compete case coming out of the Texas Supreme Court since the Light case in 1994. And that’s saying a lot, given the Sheshunoff (2006) and Mann Frankfort (2009) opinions which made non-competes more enforceable in Texas. After Marsh USA, Texas restrictive covenant attorneys will have to monitor decisions coming from...

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